NEW YORK, July 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Atlantic
Fellows program made a major step forward this month in its efforts
to advance fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies with 267
Fellows now participating in seven programs operating across five
continents.
This first full global cohort of changemakers includes
advocates, lawyers, artists, business professionals, health
practitioners, government officials, academics and researchers.
"The Atlantic Fellows are energetic, diverse, international
leaders who are acting on the world's urgent needs and
collaborating to build healthy and equitable societies. The
Fellows' work, individually and as a community, represents our
highest aspirations for what our founder Chuck Feeney and The Atlantic Philanthropies set
out to achieve over 35 years ago," said Christopher G. Oechsli, president and CEO of The
Atlantic Philanthropies.
The Atlantic Philanthropies has committed more than US
$660 million to seed and support the
work of the global network of thousands of Atlantic Fellows over
the next twenty years. The full list of Fellows, and more
information on the programs, can be found here.
Each of the seven Atlantic Fellows programs is focused on
solving a distinct 21st-century problem. They include
reducing the impact of dementia worldwide; achieving health equity
in South Africa, Southeast Asia and the United States; advancing racial equity in
the United States and South Africa; improving the well-being of
communities in Australia and the
Pacific by drawing on the knowledge and
expertise of Indigenous people; and addressing global
inequalities.
The 267 Fellows, with diverse and inspiring stories, hail from
48 countries and disciplines. Some Atlantic Fellows and their work
include:
- Tala Al-Rousan, a Jordanian doctor and an Atlantic Fellow for
Equity in Brain Health, is examining the causes and connections
between stress from war and cases of dementia among refugees in the
Middle East.
- Fredrick Alucheli, an Atlantic Fellow for Social and
Economic Equity and Disability Inclusion Advisor at Light for the
World, is investigating how unequal access to educational
opportunities affects employment of persons with disabilities in
Kenya.
- Faye McMillan, an Atlantic
Fellow for Social Equity and an Associate Professor at Charles
Sturt University, is developing a mental health app that creates a
community of support based on people identified within an
individual's mobile phone contact list.
- Santi Lapbenjakul, an Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in
Southeast Asia and champion of
care for the elderly in Thailand,
is collaborating with the government to train caregivers and
redirect healthcare resources toward home care.
- Rukia Lumumba, an Atlantic
Fellow for Racial Equity and founder of People's Advocacy Institute
in Jackson, Mississippi, is
working to develop a community model centered around co-governance
to expand economic opportunity, promote sustainability and build
community.
- Sibongile Mtungwa, an Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in
South Africa, is the director of
the Women's Leadership and Training Programme where she is
exploring partnerships and sustainable ways of advancing girls'
health, education and identity as part of their human rights.
- Christina Rosenthal, an Atlantic
Fellow for Health Equity, CEO of Paradigm Dental Center and Founder
of The 516 Foundation, is practicing dentistry and connecting
under-represented and/or under-resourced youth to mentors and
resources needed to become healthcare professionals.
"I really believe that bringing people from a mix of professions
together to work on complex problems has the potential to change
the world," said Phaedra Bell, an
Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain
Health Institute, who is working to help young people have more
meaningful interactions with those living with dementia.
The Fellows programs are an intentional effort to bring together
mid-career individuals from diverse professions, backgrounds and
areas of expertise to learn from one another, find solutions to
pressing problems, and achieve demonstrable impact.
"The Atlantic Fellows programs, with support from the Atlantic
Institute, give these leaders the experience, resources and
networks to accelerate their work," said Oechsli.
The Fellows programs include:
- Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health based at The
Global Brain Health Institute at Trinity
College Dublin and the University of
California, San Francisco
- Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in Southeast Asia based at The Equity
Initiative at the China Medical Board in Bangkok
- Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity based at
the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political
Science
- Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity in South Africa based at TEKANO
- Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity based at The
University of Melbourne
- Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity based at Columbia University in New York City and the Nelson Mandela
Foundation in Johannesburg
- Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity based at the
George Washington University Health
Workforce Institute
The Atlantic Philanthropies launched the first Atlantic Fellows
Program in 2015 and the seventh Fellows program in 2018, with 267
Fellows participating around the world. The full list of programs
and fellows can be found here.
The Atlantic Institute, based at Rhodes Trust in Oxford, England, brings together Atlantic
Fellows across all disciplines and borders and provides a lifelong
resource for collaboration among all Atlantic Fellows, so they can
continue to find solutions for global problems.
About the Atlantic Fellows Program
The Atlantic
Fellows Program empowers catalytic communities of emerging leaders
to advance fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies. The
Atlantic Fellows program is funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies,
which have committed over $660
million, alongside other partner organizations and
governments, to support the work of the global network of thousands
of Atlantic Fellows over the next two decades, and beyond. Learn
more at www.atlanticfellows.org.
About the Atlantic Institute
The Atlantic Institute
provides resources and opportunities for the Fellows to connect,
learn and work together to amplify their influence and impact.
Learn more at www.atlanticfellows.org/atlantic-institute.
About The Atlantic Philanthropies
Over 35 years,
Atlantic has made grants totaling more than $8 billion to advance opportunity, equity and
human dignity. After establishing Atlantic in 1982, Chuck Feeney quietly devoted his wealth to
the service of humanity. In keeping with Mr. Feeney's "Giving While
Living" big bet philosophy, Atlantic has invested in systemic
change to accelerate lasting improvements for people in
Australia, Bermuda, Cuba, Northern
Ireland, the Republic of
Ireland, South Africa,
the United States and Vietnam. Atlantic committed its final
grants in 2016 and will conclude operations by 2020. Learn
more at www.atlanticphilanthropies.org.
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